Nytro Posted November 29, 2016 Report Posted November 29, 2016 Malware Sample Sources for Researchers Malware researchers have the need to collect malware samples to research threat techniques and develop defenses. Researchers can collect such samples using honeypots. They can also download samples from known malicious URLs. They can also obtain malware samples from the following sources: Contagio Malware Dump: Free; password required Das Malwerk: Free FreeTrojanBotnet: Free; registration required KernelMode.info: Free; registration required MalShare: Free; registration required Malware.lu’s AVCaesar: Free; registration required MalwareBlacklist: Free; registration required Malware DB: Free Malwr: Free; registration required Open Malware: Free theZoo aka Malware DB: Free Virusign: Free VirusShare: Free Be careful not to infect yourself when accessing and experimenting with malicious software! My other lists of online security resources outline Automated Malware Analysis Services and On-Line Tools for Malicious Website Lookups. Also, take a look at tips sharing malware samples with other researchers. Updated November 28, 2016 Sursa: https://zeltser.com/malware-sample-sources/ 2 Quote